diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index f57a1e9b..f9e060ea 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ class PythonLanguageClient extends AutoLanguageClient {
   }
 
   async startServerProcess(projectPath) {
-    // For some reason Atom only detects the correct env if started from the command line on Mac.
-    const env = process.platform === "darwin" ? await shellEnv() : process.env;
+    // For some reason Atom only detects the correct env if started from the command line on Mac and Debian.
+    const env = process.platform === "darwin" || process.platform === "linux" ? await shellEnv() : process.env;
     const childProcess = cp.spawn(atom.config.get("ide-python.pylsPath"), {
       cwd: projectPath,
       env: env